"So, Lee, you're a special jounin now, aren't you?" said Sasuke Jr. "How long have you been one of those?"
"Three years." Said Lil Lee.
"I never tried to become a special jounin." Said Sasuke Jr. "How long have you been a jounin?"
"Uh…" said Lil Lee, thinking. "I don't know…since I was seventeen."
"Oh." Said Sasuke Jr., nodding. "I've been a jounin ever since I was… sixteen."
"Oh, aren't you special?" said Lil Lee. "Is this what you do? Just TALK for the first half of your match? I noticed that you did that to Gai and attacked him whenever he was distracted."
"…So?" said Sasuke Jr. "I never attacked him when he was talking."
"But you made him think and…never mind." Said Lil Lee.
"If you remember, I said something and he said something and for some reason, he was thinking about something ELSE after." Sasuke Jr. said.
"Yeah…wait…" Lil Lee said.
"And you can't hold it against me if he said something and was finished talking and I just ASSUMED that he was ready to fight and wasn't necessarily thinking." Sasuke Jr. continued.
Lil Lee paused for a great deal of time.
"But he…" Lil Lee tried.
"Not my fault." Said Sasuke Jr. as he suddenly disappeared.
Lil Lee was a lot smarter than Lil Gai and got on the defensive. He was also a lot FASTER than Lil Gai. So he turned around just in time to see Sasuke Jr. getting ready to use the fire moves that never work. Lil Lee decided that he wasn't even going to let that go down so he jumped up to pummel Sasuke Jr. only to find that that was a CLONE!!
So as he landed, he looked around for any sign of Sasuke Jr. Then Sasuke Jr. started rising out of Lil Lee's shadow BEHIND him. As soon as Lil Lee started sensing Sasuke Jr. presence, he spun around and kicked him up into the air. He was just about to go in and hit him AGAIN when Sasuke Jr. used the Kawarimi technique and replaced himself with a log. It was a good thing too because the log was sent into orbit.
"Obviously you know nothing about excessive force." Said Sasuke Jr., landing and recovering.
"It was a log." Said Lil Lee. "Logs are lighter than people are."
"Now let's see…why didn't I know that kick was coming?" Sasuke Jr. wondered out loud.
"Sasuke, you didn't put on your Sharingan." Sasuke called.
Sasuke Jr. thought for a moment and then his Sharingan went on. "Wow, I feel silly now." He said. "This is one of those battles that I really need it, too. Okay, you shouldn't get one of those cheap shots on me anymore."
"You can call them cheap or lucky, I don't care." Said Lil Lee. "EVERYONE always does."
"Lee, haven't you made up any moves?" Sasuke Jr. asked.
"Is that a trick question?" said Lil Lee. "I have made up SO many moves that I'm just…I don't know. Running out of things to make up I guess."
"I haven't made up any moves." Sasuke Jr. admitted. "Why don't you show me some of yours?"
"Yeah right." Said Lil Lee. "So you can copy them?"
"No!" said Sasuke Jr. but you could tell from his tone that that was his intention. "Of course not!"
"All right, enough with this conversation thing of yours!" said Lil Lee. "It's annoying and takes away from the battle."
"I can remember when we were younger you had an attack called 'Grudge no Jutsu'." Sasuke Jr. reminisced, ignoring Lil Lee. "Have I done anything to annoy you in the past?"
"Well, no." said Lil Lee. "But I could always use the improved version of Grudge no Jutsu on you."
"You could?" said Sasuke Jr. "And what's that?"
"I can think about things that OTHER people have done to me and use that anger against people I don't have a grudge against." Lil Lee answered.
"Yes!" said Lee. "Meaning that completely innocent people can get the full blast from the attack! For example, someone like me who has done NOTHING to offend Lil Lee could—"
"Dad." Interrupted Lil Lee. He was about to talk about how half the things he thought of usually all went back to Lee, but then decided against it. "Please. I'm in the middle of a battle. I don't need you describing my attacks in detail."
"Oh, sorry." Said Lee sadly.
"All right!" said Sasuke Jr. "Use that attack against me then."
"I can't use it now that you've said it." said Lil Lee.
"No, you have to use it!" said Sasuke Jr. "I've wanted you to use it on me ever since I was fifteen!"
"No, I can't use it." said Lil Lee. "Now it'll be weird."
"It won't be weird." Said Sasuke Jr. "I promise I won't copy it."
"You wouldn't be able to use it even if you copied it." said Lil Lee. "You just haven't had enough bad things happen to you to."
"Like you even know!" said Sasuke Jr. "But you're right. I'm not as petty as you are."
"I'm not petty!" said Lil Lee.
"Yeah you are." Said Sasuke Jr. "Just because you got bullied a little bit in school, you decide that you want to be miserable for the rest of your life."
"A little bit?!" said Lil Lee, looking EXTREMELY offended.
"Yeah Sasuke, I don't think it was a little bit…" said Kobiru hesitantly.
"It was a little bit." Said Sasuke Jr. "In the grand scheme of things, when you think about it, it was only seven years of your life."
"Yeah but then I went on to have to prove myself over and over because I can't use ninjutsu or genjutsu." Lil Lee said. "I can't become an ANBU because of it, but you already knew that."
"Becoming an ANBU isn't THAT cool." Said Sasuke Jr.
"Yes it is…" said Senjou but then he shut his mouth.
"When I was younger, my dad told me about how he wanted to become apart of ANBU but they wouldn't let him because he couldn't use the cancel move." Said Lil Lee. "So I said that I would become good enough to be in ANBU."
"I don't even remember that!" said Lee with a hearty laugh.
"Just admit it, Lee." Said Sasuke Jr. "You're petty."
"No I'm not." Said Lil Lee.
"Yes you are." Sasuke Jr. said.
Lil Lee decided that that was the last straw. He would HAVE to use Grudge no Jutsu on him now. "Fine!" he said. "But I'm not petty!"
He started getting himself all revved for his attack.
"I'm good." Said Sasuke Jr. with a nod.
"That's what he does." Tashoku said to anyone that would listen. "Regardless of who he's fighting, he pushes his opponents buttons in such a way that he eventually gets him to fight the way he wants him to. And it works almost every time."
"EVERY time." Sasuke Jr. corrected.
"Okay, okay." Said Tashoku. She learned to choose her battles after marrying an Uchiha.
"Remember, all you have to do is hit him once and it's all over!" said Sasuke. "If I remember correctly, it depletes him of ALL chakra and disorients him for a little while."
"That's what YOU think!!" yelled Lee but then he threw his hands over his mouth.
"Am I a giant mass of concentrated evil that needs to be vanquished yet?" Sasuke Jr. asked.
"No." said Lil Lee. "I'm thinking back to all the times you tripped me, cut my hair while I was sleeping, denied me the right of becoming an ANBU and beat me in a fight in front of a large group of people using a genjutsu move one million times."
"Wow." Said Sasuke Jr. "Someone could have fun trying to figure out who did what."
"I was the one who cut his hair while he was sleeping!" said Lee as if he was proud of it.
"I beat him a million times with the SAME genjutsu move!" said Pansuke. And he WAS proud of it.
"Now I feel bad…" said Senjou sadly.
"Am I the one who tripped him?" Kobiru asked.
"I think I tripped him too." Said Tashoku.
"Me too." Said Pansuke. "I think we all did. I think tripping Lee was a graduation requirement."
"Are you done yet?" Sasuke Jr. asked as he turned back to Lil Lee only to find that he wasn't there!! He was just about to do a slight cheer of satisfaction when he realized that he had to turn around and block from immanent doom. But, even though he blocked from Lil Lee's mad punch, he was still sent flying to the side. Sasuke Jr. caught himself before he hit the ground and got up while bounding off the ground.
Lil Lee was glowing all SORTS of crazy colors!! Sasuke Jr. was a bit intimidated, especially since he knew that Lil Lee hadn't even taken off his weights yet.
"Okay…" Sasuke Jr. started as Lil Lee ran towards him again.
"That was such a mistake on his part." Sasuke said to Ino.
"I know." Ino agreed. "But I wasn't going to say anything because I thought that you thought it was a good idea and I didn't want to offend you."
"…Uh…" said Sasuke, not knowing exactly how to respond to that.
Lil Lee was currently taking out all his aggressions on Sasuke Jr. to a HORRIFIC extent. Sasuke Jr. was WAY out of his league so he used the Kawarimi at one point and was about to smack Lil Lee down to end the jutsu but Lil Lee spun around and hit him.
Sasuke Jr. was able to recover just as Lil Lee dove for him to hit him again. Sasuke Jr. jumped into the air, knowing that there was NO way to defeat Lil Lee in a taijutsu match. Sasuke Jr. landed pretty far away and then took note of a branch that was loose on a tree he was standing near. He ripped the branch off the tree and then looked ahead at Lil Lee coming towards him. Using his Sharingan, he predicted from which direction he would come from.
Sasuke Jr. then wound up and smacked Lil Lee with the stick.
Lil Lee tumbled to the ground and then looked up. All the crazy colors faded away. "What?" was all he managed to say.
"Wow, I never expected that to work." Said Sasuke Jr., looking rather pleased with his stick. "Ever."
"That was close." Said Sasuke, giving a sigh of relief.
"LIL LEE!!" yelled Lee. "TAKE OFF YOUR WEIGHTS!!"
Lil Lee lied there for a second and then sat up. He looked disoriented, just like Sasuke had said, unlike Lee had said.
Sasuke Jr. stood there for a moment, feeling like all Lil Lee needed was a good smack and then he had it won. So he leaned over and looked at the blank expression on Lil Lee's face. He was just about to do something when Lil Lee suddenly pushed up off the ground and swung his legs around, knocking Sasuke Jr. right off his feet. Lil Lee jumped up into the air, extended one leg and was just about to smash Sasuke Jr. into next week when Sasuke Jr. put his hands up.
"STOP!" he yelled.
Lil Lee was thrown off that he landed on one foot next to Sasuke Jr., stumbled a bit and then fell over.
"Why?" Lil Lee asked.
"Wow." Said Sasuke Jr. "I could have just punched you right then and I would have won."
"Stop giving me a lesson and tell me why you stopped me." Lil Lee said.
"You are not tired at all, are you?" Sasuke Jr. asked.
"No." Lil Lee answered.
"And you could probably go on like this all day?"
"Like this? Yes."
"And you haven't even taken your weights off yet." Sasuke Jr. sighed. "I can just see myself getting hit so many more times in this fight and… as much as I hate to admit it… your eventual win."
"Okay?" said Lil Lee, a little confused.
"So I'm going to end it now before I get any injuries." Said Sasuke Jr. Then he sighed. "Even though simply by yelling 'stop' I confused you enough that I'd be able to hit you right then."
"You're giving up?" Lil Lee said finally.
"Yeah." Said Sasuke Jr. "I don't care enough to get injured."
"A WISE decision!" yelled Lee.
"Sasuke…wait…" said Sasuke. "…NO…"
"Dad, it's all right." Said Sasuke Jr., standing up and brushing off his bum. "It's just a little fight in a random tournament in Kiba's back yard."
"But…Senjou gave up too…" said Sasuke. "And I had my money on you."
Sasuke Jr. shrugged. "Oh well." He said.
"LIL LEE WINS!!" yelled Lee, running over to Lil Lee, grabbing his hand and pulling him to his feet. "That was a good move to PRETEND what they were all expecting by acting disoriented after he hit you."
"Yeah…" said Lil Lee. "But Grudge no Jutsu is really flawed. The more I use it, the more I realize it. It takes forever to build up and can be defeated pretty easily."
"It's just because you forgot to take off your weights, son!" said Lee.
"Whatever…" said Lil Lee as he went back over to the spectators.
"Lee, you were so great!" said Kajitsu. "Can you teach me how to do the Grudge no Jutsu?"
"I want to learn it too!" said Hana, pushing Kajitsu out of the way.
"Sorry, as I explained before, you two didn't have enough bad things happen to you." Lil Lee said.
"No, I've had PLENTY of bad things happen to me!" said Hana. "I got put on the same team as Kajitsu!"
"HEY!" said Kajitsu angrily.
"Ahem…" said Lee. "Have Shika and Cho returned?"
"YES!" said Shika and Cho as they ran out of the house.
"We're back!!" said Cho.
"And clean!" Shika said, pointing to the spot on his shirt that used to have the bloodstain on it.
"And ready to fight!" Cho said.
"Because we are…" Shika led.
"The Stylish Duo of Konoha!!" they both yelled, striking their poses.
"Okay…" said Lee. "The Stylish Duo of Konoha versus Tashoku!"
